§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of blind persons employed in each workshop for the blind in Great Britain, and give the figures for 1965, 1968 and 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table lists the number of blind workers employed in workshops for the blind in Great Britain on 31st March, 1966—the figures for 1965 are not readily available—1968, 1971 and 1972.
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Location of Workshop 1966 1968 1971 1972 Nottingham … 58 54 42 37 Accrington … 4 Closed Closed Closed Blackburn … 29 22 17 17 Blackpool … 18 13 12 11 Bolton … 57 45 34 33 Burnley … 13 9 Closed Closed Chester … 13 14 12 12 Liverpool … 105 98 67 62 Manchester (SELNEC) … 103 83 81 76 Oldham … 30 25 26 24 Preston … 39 31 25 25 St. Helens … 15 13 11 11 Stockport … 12 10 Closed Closed Warrington … 19 21 18 16 Wigan … 35 32 30 28 Aberdeen … 82 72 67 57 Dundee … 99 96 84 79 Edinburgh … 146 141 132 126 Edinburgh (Scottish Braille Press) … 28 26 32 30 Glasgow … 262 237 194 174 Inverness … 22 21 21 17
§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many blind people are employed in workshops for the blind for each of the economic planning regions; and what were the figures for 1964, 1968 and 1971.
Economic Planning Region 1966 1968 1971 1972 North … … 262 236 198 190 Yorkshire and Humberside … … 427 391 335 323 East Midlands … … 179 167 146 135 East Anglia … … 81 78 72 66 South East … … 538 476 418 400 South West … … 118 100 84 91 West Midlands … … 351 333 270 251 North West … … 492 416 333 315 Wales … … 205 187 153 151 Scotland … … 639 593 530 483
§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide figures of the placement of blind people in industry in 1964, 1968 and 1971, giving figures for each of the economic planning regions.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithInformation is not readily available about the number of blind people placed in industry in each of the economic planning regions. The total numbers of such placings in Great Britain were as follows: in 1964, 761; 1968. 774; 1971, 595.